5-letter words containing n, r, i
- indre — a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- indri — a short-tailed lemur, Indri indri, of Madagascar, about 2 feet (60 cm) in length: an endangered species.
- inerm — (of plants) without thorns or prickles
- inert — having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active): inert matter.
- infer — to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence: They inferred his displeasure from his cool tone of voice.
- infra — below, especially when used in referring to parts of a text.
- inker — A person or device that applies ink.
- inner — situated within or farther within; interior: an inner door.
- inorb — to enclose in or as if in an orb
- inria — Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique
- inrun — (skiing) In ski jumping, the ramp down which skiers ski to gain speed, before taking off.
- instr — instructor
- inter — to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- intra — within the walls, as of a city.
- intro — an introduction.
- inure — to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to): inured to cold.
- inurn — to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- invar — An alloy of iron containing 35.5% nickel, and having a very low coefficient of expansion.
- irani — Iranian
- irene — Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- irgun — a militant Zionist underground group, active chiefly during the period (1917–48) of British control by mandate of Palestine.
- irian — New Guinea
- irina — a female given name.
- iring — Present participle of ire.
- irone — a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- irons — Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C. Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- irony — the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning: the irony of her reply, “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend.
- irwin — Wallace, 1875–1959, U.S. journalist and humorist.
- kirin — a province in NE China, N of the Yalu River. 72,201 sq. mi. (187,001 sq. km). Capital: Changchun.
- korin — A small gazelle native to West Africa, Eudorcas rufifrons.
- liner — something serving as a lining.
- lorin — a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- marin — John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- merin — Mirim.
- minar — a tower or turret in southern or eastern Asia
- miner — Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- minor — lesser, as in size, extent, or importance, or being or noting the lesser of two: a minor share.
- mirin — a Japanese cooking wine made from rice, sweeter than sake.
- morin — (organic compound) A yellow flavonoid, extracted from fustic, once used to dye wool.
- nadir — Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- naira — a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- nairn — a historic county in N Scotland.
- nairu — the nonaccelerating inflation rate of unemployment: the lowest level of unemployment an economy can handle without causing inflation.
- naric — relating to the nares or nostrils
- naris — A nostril.
- nazir — (in Muslim countries) the title of any of various public officials.
- nervi — Pier Luigi [pyer loo-ee-jee] /pyɛr luˈi dʒi/ (Show IPA), 1891–1979, Italian engineer and architect.
- nicar — Nicaragua
- nicer — pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice visit.
- nidor — the strong odour of cooking or burning animal products; thus, any strong unpleasant smell